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The alert didn't shut off until you pressed the button. Many devices were making noise for minutes around me.

How many car crashes were caused by people startled by the sudden, continuous alert?

Really? It sounded like all of the phones in my office alerted once and then stopped (though not all simultaneously, some took longer to receive it). What kind of phones are people using?

My ringer was off so I can't say personally.

I was at a car dealership. I didn't take a poll of devices used by employees and other customers.

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